Question follow-through · 11200

Surrogacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120432, what recent assessment he has made of the consistency between (a) the Government’s policy of recognizing parental orders arising from com

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
23 Jun 2026
Answer
1 Jul 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 120432, what recent assessment he has made of the consistency between (a) the Government’s policy of recognizing parental orders arising from com

  2. 23 Jun 2026

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  3. 1 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has not made any assessment of the consistency between parental orders arising from commercial surrogacy arrangements in Nigeria and the prohibition of adoptions from Nigeria.The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has published ad...

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